The book A Handbook of survival for American Armies is an essential handbook for campers, hikers, explorers, guides, and others who need to be familiar with outdoor activities. With illustration, it introduces medicines, tool-making, searching for food and water, shelter-building, direction-telling, signaling, and many other skills which may decide ones life or death in remote trackless areas. At the same time, this book offers readers an adventurous experience without leaving their homes.